Wakefield pup Alfie tops list of unluckiest pet names

Published:10:46Thursday 17 December 2015

He may still have a festive twinkle in his eye, but unlucky pup Alfie was in quite the Yuletide tangle after swallowing a set of Christmas lights.

And that wasn’t the first time the English Bull Terrier found himself on the wrong side of Lady Luck, having also been diagnosed with a heart condition and renal failure and regularly visiting the vets after eating plastic toys, an advent calendar and even his owner’s birth certificate.

But now new research has revealed it may be the calamitous canine’s name that is to blame.

A study by The Co-op Insurance looked at thousands of claims and found that Alfie is the unluckiest dog name.